Sant'Angelo della Polvere

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Sant'Angelo della Polvere, formerly Sant'Angelo di Sant'Angelo di Concordia or Caotorta is an island in the lagoon of Venice. It has an area of ​​5,243 m² and is located near the island of San Giorgio in Alga in the Canale di contorta.

History

From 1060 a Benedictine monastery, which belonged to the convent of San Nicolò was born. The Order made ​​it later became a nunnery that was dedicated to the Archangel Michael. 1474 the nuns were encouraged to move into the monastery of Santa Croce on the Giudecca - probably because of their unacceptable in the eyes of church and state of life. The monastery complex took over in 1518 the Carmelites of the Congregation of Mantua, Brescia, which demanded strict retreat and of silence, a rigor that they had in 1462, however, partially abandoned. In practice, the congregation was almost a separate Order, which existed until 1783.

1555 was decided by the Senate - by then the island was called Sant'Angelo di Caotorta now della Polvere - where he built a gunpowder store. On August 29, 1689 an explosion destroyed the building, the island remained uninhabited thereafter and was occasionally sarcastically called Sant'Angelo bruciato. In the 18th century there were fortified military installations and barracks, which existed until the Second World War. They were part of a fastener range to the west and south of the lagoon, which were related to the security efforts across the lagoon. Since then, the island is uninhabited, two of the three buildings have no roof.

In January 1849 we found the grave stone of a Roman freedman named Caius Titurnius Gratus on the island.